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  • Aldi is looking for wine tasters to try their range for FREE

    KNOW a thing or two about your grapes? Fancy yourself as a wine expert? If we had you at Merlot then you might be just what Aldi is looking for on their new panel. Every three months the supermarket has been selecting 30 burgeoning wine experts

  • BRONTE CUP: Quartet of wins for North Yorkshire trainers

    THERE was a win apiece for North Yorkshire trainers Mark Johnston, David O'Meara, Richard Fahey and Nigel Tinkler at Saturday's William Hill Bronte Cup at York. Middleham-based Johnston started the day well with a win for the Jason Hart-ridden Cardsharp

  • Motorcyclist injured in York crash near police search

    A MOTORCYCLIST was injured in a crash which happened early today in the vicinity of a major police search operation in York. Taxi driver Luis Sollitt said he and other drivers were watching a police helicopter searching in the Heworth Stray area

  • SENIOR LEAGUE PREMIER: All six games abandoned

    IT is very much 'as you were' in the Hunters York & District Senior League Premier Division after rain caused the abandonment of all six matches taking place. In what is proving to be a frustrating start to the season, Malton & Old Malton and Sheriff

  • The Press Camera Club: Your photos

    WOULD you like to see your photographs on this page? More than 1,400 readers of The Press have now joined our Camera Club, which brings together talented amateur photographers from across York and North and East Yorkshire to share their work, swap

  • York-based VetPartners adds to its expanding group

    A YORK-based veterinary group which owns more than 100 of the UK’s most respected and trusted veterinary practices is continuing to grow. VetPartners has added one of South Wales' best known practices, Abbey Veterinary Centres. to its expanding

  • A thick plume of smoke billows as vehicles burn...

    THIS was the dramatic scene when 22 vehicles caught fire in a yard off the A64 near York. The vans and cars can be seen burning fiercely, with a thick plume of black smoke pouring into the air. The pictures were taken by Billy Morfitt, who

  • Support group launches to help people grieving

    A FARMER’S daughter from East Yorkshire has been inspired after her father’s death to set up a support group enabling bereaved people to talk about their loss. Jacqui Gunn, of Shiptonthorpe, said that when her father, Christopher Munby, passed

  • Council confirms its leadership team

    HAMBLETON District Council has confirmed its new leadership team following May’s local elections. Members of the full council have re-elected Cllr Mark Robson as leader, with Cllr Peter Wilkinson as his deputy. The cabinet will be made up of

  • Students make sweet music at nursery

    AN EARLY years teacher has collaborated with students from the University of York on an exciting music workshop for pre-schoolers. Morna Lamb, who teaches at Little Green Rascals on Tadcaster Road, worked with the university’s voluntary Music Education

  • Homeless man ordered to do activity days after arrest

    A MAN with mental health difficulties told police: “Good, now I will get a bed” when they arrested him at York Hospital, the city's magistrates heard. Gary Maddison, 60, was sleeping in the waiting area of the hospital’s accident and emergency

  • Thor's pop-up tipi bar is back with a Minster view

    PEOPLE will be able to enjoy a new venue for a drink with a view after as a pop-up tipi bar opened at one of York’s top hotels. The new THOR’S SÓL ÁST pop-up tipi bar opened for the first time at The Principal Hotel on Friday. The bar, which